https://aiweekly.co/alerts/anthropic-lobbied-pope-leos-advisers-over-ai-consciousness AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 Anthropic Lobbied Pope Leo's Advisers Over AI Consciousness https://aiweekly.co/alerts/meta-suspends-muse-chat-sharing-after-6800-links-leak-via-dns AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 Meta suspends Muse chat sharing after 6,800 links leak via DNS https://aiweekly.co/alerts/chatgpt-adds-pin-locked-chats-not-end-to-end-encrypted AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 ChatGPT adds PIN-locked chats, not end-to-end encrypted https://aiweekly.co/alerts/seth-block-tononi-ai-isnt-conscious-perhaps-never-will-be AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 Seth, Block, Tononi: AI isn't conscious, perhaps never will be https://aiweekly.co/alerts/seth-block-and-tononi-argue-in-nature-ai-isnt-conscious AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 Seth, Block and Tononi argue in Nature AI isn't conscious https://aiweekly.co/alerts/lawfare-essay-dissects-four-ai-kill-switch-proposals AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 Lawfare essay dissects four AI 'kill switch' proposals https://aiweekly.co/alerts/deepseek-v41-flash-lands-as-us-and-china-tighten-ai-controls AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T21:12:02+00:00 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lands as US and China tighten AI controls https://aiweekly.co/alerts/google-opens-torchtpu-to-pull-pytorch-developers-off-cuda AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T19:59:11+00:00 Google opens TorchTPU to pull PyTorch developers off CUDA https://aiweekly.co/alerts/metas-muse-app-hits-102m-us-downloads-in-first-40-days AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:42:29+00:00 Meta's Muse App Hits 10.2M US Downloads in First 40 Days https://aiweekly.co/alerts/openai-buys-orchestra-bio-folds-drug-dev-agents-into-rosalind AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:42:29+00:00 OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio, Folds Drug-Dev Agents Into Rosalind https://aiweekly.co/alerts/altman-tells-openai-staff-of-three-ai-endgames-favors-iaea AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:42:29+00:00 Altman Tells OpenAI Staff of Three AI Endgames, Favors IAEA https://aiweekly.co/alerts/reverse-engineer-anything-hits-342000-stars-as-cloning-spreads AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 'Reverse Engineer Anything' hits 342,000 stars as cloning spreads https://aiweekly.co/alerts/queueing-paper-reframes-snaps-holmes-ruling-as-staffing-failure AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 Queueing paper reframes SNAP's Holmes ruling as staffing failure https://aiweekly.co/alerts/brookings-fellows-urge-schools-to-ban-student-generative-ai AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 Brookings fellows urge schools to ban student generative AI https://aiweekly.co/alerts/ai-generated-emily-blunt-fronts-2100-site-recipe-scam-ring AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 AI-generated Emily Blunt fronts 2,100-site recipe scam ring https://aiweekly.co/alerts/eric-gordon-ai-wont-rebuild-public-trust-without-listening AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 Eric Gordon: AI won't rebuild public trust without listening https://aiweekly.co/alerts/simbes-tally-robots-roll-into-la-ralphs-ufcw-pushes-back AI Weekly en 2026-10-20T18:12:01+00:00 Simbe's Tally robots roll into L.A. 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